Riding in our cars or
in taxicabs, we hear them tap the side window.We turn our heads and see them. Some are begging for alms.Some are selling ‘sampaguitas’; some newspaper tabloids showing
lewd pictures; some cigarettes with stork candies.If it were Christmas, some would be singing dissonant carols.

Their bodies greased by
dirt; scorched by the merciless sun.Their clothes torn, crumpled, caked with stains.Some have their minds soaring high form inhaling a dangerous
substance. Their hearts hardened
by the hard lives they live.
Their innocence lost never to be regained.

Yes, they are the
street children.There are
millions of them around the world.

The Streetchildren Development Center (SDC), Inc. was established with
them at heart in mind.With
values education as its central concern, it was registered in 1992 as a
non-governmental organization, with Quezon City
and
Mandaluyong City
as the primary areas
covered.It is composed of
concerned individuals who share their talent, expertise, time and
financial resources to help the children in their effort to change the
quality and course of their lives – to reclaim their dignity as persons.